2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

America America Goes Goes Goes to to War: War: Thanks Thanks Thanks for for the the Memories/Accentuating Memories/Accentuating the the Positive
Positive
American show business went to war on the homefront. Service clubs honor the ordinary enlisted man
and Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby rally the country around its fighting men and women. Big
name entertainment like Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich and Joe E. Brown travel to the front-lines to
entertain the troups.
54 min. color/B&W
America America America Goes Goes to to War: War: While While While the the the Storm Storm Storm Clouds Clouds Gather/Praise Gather/Praise the the Lord Lord & & Pass Pass the the
the
The years of 1939 - 1941 were the turning-point when the American people were gradualy putting the
long, heart-breaking years of the Depression behind them. Americans stubbornly clung to the belief that
their vast oceans would insulate them from the madness burning in Europe and China. With Pearl
Harbor, however, America was at war and the survival of the mightiest nations in the world hung in
55 min. color/B&W
America America Screams!
Screams!
Vincent Price has found yet another way to make you scream as he takes you on a tour of America's
fastest roller coasters. The history of amusement parks - from Coney Island to the world's first theme
parks - is traced.
30 min. color
America's America's America's Bird: Bird: Bird: The The The Wild Wild Wild Turkey Turkey
Turkey
This video examines the re-establishment of the wild turkey in wilderness areas.
45 min. color
America's America's Black Black Warriors: Warriors: Two Two Two Wars Wars to to Win
Win
Despite high praise for their brave performance on the field of battle, Blacks have fought an uphill and
sometimes violent fight to be recognized in the United States military.
50 min. color
America's America's Castles: Castles: Adirondack Adirondack Adirondack Camps Camps
Camps
They were the wilderness retreats of America's wealthiest families, sprawling log palaces, hidden within
9,000 square miles of rugged peaks, deep valleys and pure mountain lakes. For those who vacationed
in these spectacular compounds, "roughing it" meant plush railway cars, private bowling alleys and
legions of servants.
50 min. color
America's America's Castles: Castles: Grand Grand Plantations
Plantations
From New Orleans to Natchez, along the great Mississippi River, enormous fortunes were made from
cotton and cane, and Southern planters built majestic castles to celebrate their nobility, wealth, and
power. America's Castles takes you on an exclusive tour of the great anti-bellum mansions of the Old
South.
50 min. color
America's America's America's Castles: Castles: Hudson Hudson River River Valley Valley Estates Estates
Estates
You will have an exclusive tour of John Jay Gould's Gothic castle, Lyndhurst, Frederick Vanderbilt's
50,000 square foot mansion, and Kykuit, the stunning estate of John D. Rockefeller to see how the turn of
the century Wall Street tycoons relaxed in the country.
50 min. color
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